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"A Legacy of Justice: A Building of Opportunity"

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Nichols Avenue School Renovation that houses Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School and that improved outdoor areas forThurgood Marshall Academy and Savoy Elementary School

October 5, 2004

School Leaders and Friends Turn the First Shovels of Earth (left to right): Daniel Johnson, Bethlehem Baptist Church; Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the 21st Century School Fund; Dr. Anne Evans, Principal of Savoy Elementary School; Arthur Smith, Thurgood Marshall Academy Student; Joshua Kern, Co-Founder & President of Thurgood Marshall Academy; Mayor Anthony Williams; Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Ranking Member of the District of Columbia Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Kevin Downey, Chair of the Thurgood Marshall Academy Board of Trustees; Shinale Carmichael, Thurgood Marshall Academy Student; Tonya Featherston, Principal of Thurgood Marshall Academy; Josephine Baker, Executive Director of the DC Public Charter School Board; and Allen Waxman, Thurgood Marshall Academy Board Chair Emeritus.

 

Board Chair Kevin Downey greets Senator Mary Landrieu.

 

Mayor Anthony Williams addresses guests.

 

Thurgood Marshall Academy Co-Founder and President Joshua Kern addresses guests.

 

Mayor Williams confers with Mr. Kern.

 

Senator Landrieu congratulates Thurgood Marshall Academy student Derrek Edwards.

 

Student representatives arrive at the ceremony—the first time in years that a school bus has stopped at the Nichols School building.

 

Senator Landrieu speaks to Thurgood Marshall Academy students, teachers, leaders, and supporters.